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An updated and annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Iraq

  • 1. Department of Science / Biology branch, College of Basic Education, University of Sumer, Dhi Qar, Iraq azhararach@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7268-696X
  • 2. Departments of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zakho, Zakho, Iraq
  • 3. Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, FI-20014 University of Turku, Turku, Finland
  • 4. College of Science, Salahaddin University, Erbil, Iraq

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Al-Khazali, Azhar Mohammed, Kachel, Hamid Saeid, Zamani, Alireza, Hussen, Fenik Sherzad (2023): An updated and annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Iraq. Zootaxa 5339 (2): 132-158, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5339.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5339.2.2

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